why does NASA wants 2 go back 2 moon and hav a permanent base there?

Question

Is it safe 2 hav a base as there would b metoer strikes etc...

Answer 1

Reasons:

1) Research. By studying the moon, we may be able to tell how it was formed, and possibly be able to study the early geological history of the Earth.
2) Sky mapping. By putting a telescope on the moon, for fifteen days every month, the telescope would be protected from ambient light from the Earth as well as the sun thus making the sky much clearer and enabling us to see things in better detail and see further into our universe.
3) Launch space missions more easily and more cost-effectively. With the Moon's gravity one sixth that of Earth, it would take much less fuel to propel rockets and probes out of the Moon's gravitational pull and into space than it currently is to launch from Earth. While fuel would still be required to move materials from the Earth to the Moon, much fuel would still be saved due to the relatively small distance and the fact that the moon's gravitational pull would do much of the propulsion work.

Would it be safe? While there is no atmosphere to protect the moon from meteor strikes, anything on the Moon is no more at risk from major meteor strikes than anything currently orbiting the Earth. Strong outer walls on the bases should easily protect the base from meteors as well as from radiation from the Sun which would be more of a concern.

Answer 2

NASA has some reasons for planning to do so :

1: Launching Space flights to Mars,Jupiter and other Planetary system Objects would be easier from Moon as the Gravitational force on Moon is less than half than that on earth.

2: There is a possibility of Extracting Helium -3 from Moon 's surface. Helium-3 is believed to be present in great quantities on Moon and has some good uses scientifically .

3: The Meteor Strikes factor is not so evident .

4: More experiments on Lunar Surface , how equipments perform in Moon's gravity and so on .

Answer 3

Stephen Hawking (Physicist) is probably one of the best to answer that question, but in a nutshell, we need to get off this planet before we use up all its resources. I don't mean everyone, and I don't mean that we shouldn't continue to try to conserve our resources, but it's a fact that eventually we will use up everything we can or perish in a collision with a large object from space. And, if we wait until that point, we won't have the means to escape. We can take "baby steps" now, hope that we can leave in a giant leap, or disappear because we were never concerned about the future.

As far as being safe - nothing we do is entirely safe. All we can do is limit our exposure to danger. Think about Skylab, Mir, and the International Space Station: none of them were knocked out by a meteor. Think of it more like your parents letting you learn to swim. Can you drown? Absolutely! But, they do what they can to reduce your risk of it. A moon base would just be an extension of that.

Answer 4

There are many reasons because of which NASA wants to make a permanent base on Moon. Some of them are

1) Moon has 1/6 gravity than that on Earth thus it will be a better place for lunching any space mission .

2)It can also be used as a pit stop for any long space mission.

3)It can be used as test center for researching on the effect of low gravity on different plants .

4)As atmosphere on Moon is appx. a meter thick , therefore it can be used as a place for studying stars.

Answer 5

Partly for research purposes (it would be a good place to put a big telescope, although I don't know whether that is part of the plan), and partly as a base from which to launch planetary probes, such that the earth's gravity could give the probe a boost. I am somewhat skeptical of the whole idea, as unless there are usable resources on the moon (particularly water), it would be necessary to haul everything from earth, and that would be unbelievably expensive.

Answer 6

Because China said it's going to.So we have to fake a moon base first? I hope they do a better job this time.(kidding)It sounds kind of iffy because we are way behind with our other projects such as a real space station and a new shuttle system. As for some meteor etc. that's part of the job and they should have some advanced warning system anyway.

Answer 7

Meteor strikes are common, but most aren't much bigger than grains of sand. I'm sure something could be built to withstand most meteor storms. And think of the pictures that could be taken through a telescope on the dark side of the moon.
On a more sinister note: it would be a great place to test a high speed defence system.

Answer 8

it is well know that the way we are growing in population the resources will vanish and little space will be left. More ever no nuclear missile from USA hostile country list can reach moon and last but not the least they have technology , courage and intelligence to create conditions which will be compatible for human life.

Answer 9

becoz in our beautiful earth is having so much population there is no place to have a pollution free place so mite they want permanent base on moon.
there would be a motor strikes becoz in moon road are still not been developed well like here we have.

Answer 10

because NASA is a researching center of amarica it is most prastiase for amarican leader and scientist they or very motive towords the moon and moon travel it tootaly pratise mater for those nasa people